老澳门开奖结果: Trump鈥檚 Border and Sanctuary City Plans Will Violate Civil Liberties

January 25, 2017 3:00 pm

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WASHINGTON 鈥 President Trump today signed executive orders authorizing funding for the building of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, dramatically ramping up immigration detention, and threatening to defund cities and states that protect people鈥檚 rights without regard to immigration status.

Omar Jadwat, director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Immigrants鈥 Rights Project, had this reaction to Trump鈥檚 border plan:

鈥淧resident Trump鈥檚 fantasy of sealing the border with a wall is driven by racial and ethnic bias that disgraces America鈥檚 proud tradition of protecting vulnerable migrants. The DHS deportation force has a track record of racial profiling and excessive force abuses, and expanding it will further erode the rights of millions of people who call our safe border communities home. Locking up asylum seekers who pose no danger or flight risk is unconstitutional and benefits nobody except private prison corporations and politicians looking to score rhetorical points. We will see the Trump administration in court if they go down that road.鈥

On Trump鈥檚 restrictive sanctuary cities order, Jadwat said:

鈥淧resident Trump is threatening to punish localities for establishing constitutional safeguards and for protecting the public safety of their entire community. He may hope that local officials will buckle under his threats, but they have been preparing to defend their policies and we will stand with them in court.鈥

The 老澳门开奖结果 provided legal analysis of the anti-immigration proposals touted by then-candidate Trump. It concluded those proposals were illegal, unconstitutional, and could lead to mass violations of civil liberties and rights. That analysis is here: /report/trump-memos

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